For Paul Howard, who has ridden the entire Tour de France route during the race itselfsetting off at 4 am each day to avoid being caught by the prosriding a small mountain-bike race should hold no fear.
Changes to regulations for sports car racing in the late 1970s paved the way for a golden era of endurance racing in the 80s, with the likes of Porsche, Lancia, Jaguar and Mercedes all vying for the World Sportscar Championship.
Extrait : "Il est bien entendu, pour les étymologistes érudits et pour les revendicateurs professionnels de la propriété nationale, que le football n'est pas autre chose que le follis des Romains, et que ce noble jeu d'essence latine comme notre race, nous est simplement revenu de l'autre côté de la Manche par une "passe" savante, que nous devons donc en être fiers comme d'un marmot qui nous revient de nourrice, etc.
At 23, James Toseland was the youngest ever winner of the World Superbike Championship and with more racing experience than riders twice his age, has overtaken previous champions Carl Fogarty and Neil Hodgson to become the next biking superstar.
In this ';sharp-eyed account of a nearly forgotten African-American sports legend' (Publishers Weekly)the remarkable Major Taylor who became the world's fastest bicyclist at the height of the Jim Crow era';Kranish has done historians and fans a service by reminding us that such immortals as Joe Louis, Jesse Owens, Serena Williams and Tiger Woods all followed in Major Taylor's wake' (The Washington Post).
Pironi: The Champion that Never Was relates the remarkable story of motor racing's forgotten man, ex-Ferrari F1 driver and offshore powerboat racer, Didier Pironi.
An electric bicycle is, quite simply, a normal bicycle with an added battery and electric motor that just about doubles your pedal power - able to waft up hills and into headwinds, they take the sweat out of cycling, and give you supercharged legs!
When the fledgeling Honda Motor Company wanted to break into Europe, they knew their machines had to prove themselves at the greatest motorcycle race in the world, the Isle of Man TT.
Extrait : "Ce serait une erreur de croire que l'idée de se transporter à l'aide d'une machine actionnée par la force seule de l'homme soit absolument moderne.
When the fledgeling Honda Motor Company wanted to break into Europe, they knew their machines had to prove themselves at the greatest motorcycle race in the world, the Isle of Man TT.
Authentisch und ergreifend – eine erstaunliche Autobiografie einer starken FrauSportlerin Kristina Vogel erzählt in ihrer Autobiografie von ihrem Trainingsunfall, ihrer Querschnittslähmung und ihrem bewegten Leben danach.
Extrait : "Le cyclisme est devenu tout d'un coup en France, et par suite dans le monde entier ainsi qu'il en est l'habitude, une question si volumineuse qu'un écrivain ne peut guère être certain de posséder des bras assez larges pour l'envelopper tout entière.
In the 1970s, Formula 5000 was more than filling the gap left by contemporary F1 cars, and the major races at the popular Cheshire circuit of Oulton Park - the Gold Cup and the traditional Good Friday meetings - were as spectacular and exciting as ever.
The hottest sprinter in the world - Telegraph Mark Cavendish is the first British cyclist to win the Tour de France's green jersey, the first to wear the iconic rainbow jersey in almost 50 years and our only ever rider to capture the Giro d'Italia points title.